destroyer
NounUS/dɪˈstrɔɪɚ/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)destroyers
- a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warshipSynonyms: guided missile destroyerType of warship, war vesselKinds torpedo-boat destroyer, tin canExamples USS Cole
- a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to“a destroyer of the environment”“jealousy was his undoer”“uprooters of gravestones”Synonyms: ruinerundoerwasteruprooterType of bad personKinds vandal, iconoclast, saboteur, annihilator
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De·stroy′er noun
Origin: Cf. OF. destruior.
1. One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
2. Nav. a small fast warship used primarily as an escort to larger vessels and typically armed with a combination of 5-inch guns, torpedoes, depth charges, and missiles; formerly identical to the Torpedo-boat destroyer.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement